Morocco is preparing to launch a massive foray into clean energy with its ambitious 1.6 GW BESS projects. The National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) is expected to invite tenders for battery energy storage systems (BESS) totaling nearly 1,600MW.
[pdf] Over the next 24 months, the studies will prepare the ground to upgrade two of the plant’s six units to variable-speed turbines, improving operational efficiency, while also designing a hybridisation system to optimise the integration of a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) of up to 80 MW/160 MWh.
[pdf] According to the request for proposals issued on July 30, the program calls for 16 standalone projects, each rated at 10MW/40MWh, totaling 160MW/640MWh of four-hour storage capacity. Selected developers will design, build, own, and operate the systems under 15-year agreements.
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